Mirca Madianou
@madianou.bsky.social
Prof @Goldsmiths U of London | digital infrastructures, tech & AI in global south | New Book: 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' https://tinyurl.com/4ceyvc3s | New project: reimagining digital ID https://tinyurl.com/bdfawt64
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Mirca Madianou
@madianou.bsky.social
· Nov 27
My new book ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’ is published in the UK / EU this month @politybooks.bsky.social and in the US in a few weeks. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social 🧵1/6
On my way to the UK's Internet Governance Forum to speak on Digital ID - drawing on my research in refugee camps where such systems are piloted ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-ig... I wish our exhibition w/ drawings by Karen refugees was still on: the drawings express issues w/ Digital ID better than I can!
December 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
On my way to the UK's Internet Governance Forum to speak on Digital ID - drawing on my research in refugee camps where such systems are piloted ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-ig... I wish our exhibition w/ drawings by Karen refugees was still on: the drawings express issues w/ Digital ID better than I can!
'After Technocolonialism' - a book panel @mediacomgold.bsky.social to discuss 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' published by @politybooks.bsky.social with Helen Kennedy, @andreamedrado.bsky.social Nirmal Puwar & @jolittler.bsky.social November 26th, 5-7pm, all welcome! ⬇️
After Technocolonialism
A panel discussion about the book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' with Helen Kennedy, Jo Littler, Mirca Madianou, Andrea Medrado and Nirmal Puwar.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
'After Technocolonialism' - a book panel @mediacomgold.bsky.social to discuss 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' published by @politybooks.bsky.social with Helen Kennedy, @andreamedrado.bsky.social Nirmal Puwar & @jolittler.bsky.social November 26th, 5-7pm, all welcome! ⬇️
I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
Reimagining Digital ID
Reimagining Digital ID, a new exhibition supported by Goldsmiths’ Migrant Futures Institute (MFI) showcases the artwork of Karen refugees living in camps along the Thailand–Myanmar border.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I was interviewed by @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social about the exhibition 'Reimagining Digital ID' with drawings by Karen refugees from the Thailand-Myanmar border. Exhibition will officially open during conference on November 8th and will run until Nov 27th, details ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social
The exhibition Reimagining Digital ID with artwork by Karen refugees is now open @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Through drawings & poems Karen refugees express their experiences with biometric systems and imagine alternative futures www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The exhibition Reimagining Digital ID with artwork by Karen refugees is now open @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Through drawings & poems Karen refugees express their experiences with biometric systems and imagine alternative futures www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Last chance to register for the 'Reimagining Digital ID' event @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Join the www.redid.net team and other researchers, designers, digital human rights and migrant rights groups to discuss implications of digital ID systems. All welcome, details below ⬇️
Reimagining Digital ID: Learning from the South | REDID Project
A one-day symposium on Digital ID in Global South, refugee and UK contexts, including exhibition launch of drawings by Karen refugees at the Thai-Myanmar border
www.redid.net
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last chance to register for the 'Reimagining Digital ID' event @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Join the www.redid.net team and other researchers, designers, digital human rights and migrant rights groups to discuss implications of digital ID systems. All welcome, details below ⬇️
📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️
this is so depressing, but it explains quite a lot...I don't remember the rate ever being so low.
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is so depressing, but it explains quite a lot...I don't remember the rate ever being so low.
Great to see ✨3 ✨ @mediacomgold.bsky.social books at the @politybooks.bsky.social stand at #aoir2025 ‘Democratic Delusions’ by Natalie Fenton, @kat-hig.bsky.social’ ‘Believability’ and my own ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great to see ✨3 ✨ @mediacomgold.bsky.social books at the @politybooks.bsky.social stand at #aoir2025 ‘Democratic Delusions’ by Natalie Fenton, @kat-hig.bsky.social’ ‘Believability’ and my own ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’
How wonderful to be back at Rio for #aoir2025 - giving paper 2 this morning on the infrastructural violence of digital ID room 8g @ 9am
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How wonderful to be back at Rio for #aoir2025 - giving paper 2 this morning on the infrastructural violence of digital ID room 8g @ 9am
Very happy to be in Tallinn for the Beyond Borders @ecreadmm.bsky.social conference to give the keynote on 'Resisting Technocolonialism' - drawing on my recent book and new project 'Reimagining Digital ID': how Karen refugees use art to recast ID systems www.redid.net @mediacomgold.bsky.social
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ECREA Diaspora, Migration and the Media - International and Intercultural Communication Sections Conference. We are delighted to announce that the conference 'Beyond Borders: Creative Methods and Refl...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Very happy to be in Tallinn for the Beyond Borders @ecreadmm.bsky.social conference to give the keynote on 'Resisting Technocolonialism' - drawing on my recent book and new project 'Reimagining Digital ID': how Karen refugees use art to recast ID systems www.redid.net @mediacomgold.bsky.social
Our wonderful PhD students are organising the MECCSA PGN conference this year @mediacomgold.bsky.social on Friday September 12th - if in London join us! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Media and Instability - MeCCSA PGN Conference 2025
Join us for the 2025 MeCCSA PGN Conference and delve into research at the intersection of media and instability.
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September 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Our wonderful PhD students are organising the MECCSA PGN conference this year @mediacomgold.bsky.social on Friday September 12th - if in London join us! www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
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NEW✨ @madianou.bsky.social's Technocolonialism @politybooks.bsky.social explores #digital control – from biometric surveillance to extractive #AI systems – and refugee resistance in #humanitarian settings.
Review by Josué García Veiga 👇
Review by Josué García Veiga 👇
Technocolonialism – digital control and refugee resistance in humanitarian settings - LSE Review of Books
Mirca Madianou's Technocolonialism explores how digital technologies used in humanitarian contexts perpetuate colonial legacies.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NEW✨ @madianou.bsky.social's Technocolonialism @politybooks.bsky.social explores #digital control – from biometric surveillance to extractive #AI systems – and refugee resistance in #humanitarian settings.
Review by Josué García Veiga 👇
Review by Josué García Veiga 👇
Reposted by Mirca Madianou
🚨 New member book alert!
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
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#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian...
#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice
July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨 New member book alert!
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian...
#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice
In Technocolonialism, IAMCR member Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social exposes how AI & "tech for good" can deepen global inequality & digital exploitation.
🔗 iamcr.org/books-madian...
#DigitalColonialism #TechForGood #AIJustice
Look forward to our talk ‘Rethinking Digital ID among Karen refugees’ 16:00, The Hive B1 35 - with Charlie Hill #iamcr2025 #iamcr25
July 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Look forward to our talk ‘Rethinking Digital ID among Karen refugees’ 16:00, The Hive B1 35 - with Charlie Hill #iamcr2025 #iamcr25
Still buzzing from our redid.net event & exhibition @ Chiang Mai U - but the project moves to #IAMCR2025 #IAMCR25 conference with *2 talks* on Monday 13 July: 08:30 on Visual Participatory Research & 16:00 on Reimagining Digital ID in refugee camps. If in Singapore, join us
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Reimagining Digital Identity Practices among Karen refugees in Thailand
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July 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Still buzzing from our redid.net event & exhibition @ Chiang Mai U - but the project moves to #IAMCR2025 #IAMCR25 conference with *2 talks* on Monday 13 July: 08:30 on Visual Participatory Research & 16:00 on Reimagining Digital ID in refugee camps. If in Singapore, join us
@mediacomgold.bsky.social
@mediacomgold.bsky.social
Our ‘Reimagining Digital ID’ exhibition & conference are happening this Saturday 12 July @ Chiang Mai Univ. So proud to showcase the artwork of our refugee participants as they reimagine digital systems. Full schedule: www.redid.net/events-1/cmu... @mediacomgold.bsky.social
Reimagining Digital Identity: Research Insights and Exhibition | REDID Project
The Chiang Mai event will showcase our visual participatory methods, with a particular focus on artwork created by participants.
www.redid.net
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our ‘Reimagining Digital ID’ exhibition & conference are happening this Saturday 12 July @ Chiang Mai Univ. So proud to showcase the artwork of our refugee participants as they reimagine digital systems. Full schedule: www.redid.net/events-1/cmu... @mediacomgold.bsky.social
📣 2 x postdoc opportunities @ the Migrant Futures Institute, Goldsmiths, U of London. 1st award open to all subjects for applicants who are migrants / refugees; 2nd award needs to focus on migration. Please read eligibility criteria carefully, deadline 18 August: www.gold.ac.uk/research/cen...
Migrant Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships
Goldsmiths is pleased to announce the call for two Migrant Futures Postdoctoral Fellowships, part of a major grant from the Oak Foundation to establish the Migrant Futures Institute at Goldsmiths.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📣 2 x postdoc opportunities @ the Migrant Futures Institute, Goldsmiths, U of London. 1st award open to all subjects for applicants who are migrants / refugees; 2nd award needs to focus on migration. Please read eligibility criteria carefully, deadline 18 August: www.gold.ac.uk/research/cen...
Very proud to share our project website 'Reimagining Digital Identity systems among Karen refugees in Thailand'. www.redid.net The site is in S'gaw Karen & English - we wanted to foreground the language of our participants as our research is primarily for them, not just English-speaking audiences
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Reimagining Digital Identity Practices among Karen refugees in Thailand
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July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Very proud to share our project website 'Reimagining Digital Identity systems among Karen refugees in Thailand'. www.redid.net The site is in S'gaw Karen & English - we wanted to foreground the language of our participants as our research is primarily for them, not just English-speaking audiences
I recently discovered this wonderful book club co-liberative-computing.github.io organised by @payberah.bsky.social that brings a justice approach to computing. I'm happy to join the book club today to discuss my new book 'Technocolonialism' www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Co-liberative Computing
Co-liberative Computing Research Group
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June 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I recently discovered this wonderful book club co-liberative-computing.github.io organised by @payberah.bsky.social that brings a justice approach to computing. I'm happy to join the book club today to discuss my new book 'Technocolonialism' www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
4 days left to apply for this RA job in @mediacomgold.bsky.social - details below ⬇️
📣 Job alert: I'm looking for a PT Research Assistant to join our British Academy project 'Reimagining Digital ID practices'. Deadline to apply 23 June, start date: 1 September. Details about the job and how to apply ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social Please share widely!
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
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June 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
4 days left to apply for this RA job in @mediacomgold.bsky.social - details below ⬇️
So pleased to read this very engaged and thoughtful review of my book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' by Quito Tsui @merltech.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social merltech.org/reviewing-mi...
Reviewing Mirca Madianou’s new book, “Technocolonialism: When Tech for Good is Harmful” - MERL Tech
Book review: Madianou's ‘Technocolonialism' expands humanitarian viewpoint beyond the moment of humanitarian intervention to consider technological uptake across space and time.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So pleased to read this very engaged and thoughtful review of my book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' by Quito Tsui @merltech.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social merltech.org/reviewing-mi...
📣 Job alert: I'm looking for a PT Research Assistant to join our British Academy project 'Reimagining Digital ID practices'. Deadline to apply 23 June, start date: 1 September. Details about the job and how to apply ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social Please share widely!
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
jobs.gold.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📣 Job alert: I'm looking for a PT Research Assistant to join our British Academy project 'Reimagining Digital ID practices'. Deadline to apply 23 June, start date: 1 September. Details about the job and how to apply ⬇️ @mediacomgold.bsky.social Please share widely!
Tomorrow 27 May: I'll be speaking about my new book Technocolonialism at Södertörn University - in-person and online - details below. Look forward to seeing friends and colleagues! www.sh.se/english/sode...
Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful
Higher Seminar with Mirca Madianou, Goldsmiths, University of London
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May 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tomorrow 27 May: I'll be speaking about my new book Technocolonialism at Södertörn University - in-person and online - details below. Look forward to seeing friends and colleagues! www.sh.se/english/sode...
The Migrant Futures Institute @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social is recruiting for an Operations Manager. We're looking for someone with strong management experience in research/ higher ed, who can lead on admin, finance, events & external partnerships: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/migr..., Deadline 8 May
Jobs system, Goldsmiths, University of London
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April 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Migrant Futures Institute @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social is recruiting for an Operations Manager. We're looking for someone with strong management experience in research/ higher ed, who can lead on admin, finance, events & external partnerships: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/migr..., Deadline 8 May
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Thrilled to present on Biometrics & (Non-)citizenship at Biometrics: Trends and Ethical Considerations next week. Delighted to share a panel w/ @madianou.bsky.social who will be talking about her fantastic new book on technocolonialism Hosted by the Digital Futures Institute @kings-dfi.bsky.social
Digital Futures Institute: Living Well with Technology | Digital Futures Institute | King’s College London
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April 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to present on Biometrics & (Non-)citizenship at Biometrics: Trends and Ethical Considerations next week. Delighted to share a panel w/ @madianou.bsky.social who will be talking about her fantastic new book on technocolonialism Hosted by the Digital Futures Institute @kings-dfi.bsky.social